Index A A4 size paper, 289 absolute references, 128 accounting number format style, 158 add-ins content, explained, 138 downloading from the office store, 140 task pane, explained, 138 uses of, 138 alignment center across selection, 164 horizontal, of cell contents, 162 vertical, of cell contents, 168 alt key, 32 android. See operating system apple mac version of Excel 2016, 320 missing Excel 2016 features in mac version, 320 mouse, 22 windows version of excel, differences to, 267, 335 apple OS X. See operating system arrange all, 64 Autocomplete formula entry using, 86 AutoComplete text entry using, 110 AutoFill custom fill series, creating, 94 date series, examples of, 92 filling down, right, up and left with, 111 formulas, using to adjust, 90 smart tag options, using, 92 text and numeric series, creating with, 88 AutoFit rows and columns, 79, 119 automatic updates applying, 26 switching on and off, 26 AutoSum, 66 AVERAGE functions, creating with, 82 MAX functions, creating with, 82 SUM a non contiguous range with, 80 AVERAGE function, 82 B backstage view, 48 binary workbook format, 38 borders adding to cells, 174 draw border line tool, using to add, 175 C cancel button, 62 cells. See also styles; comments; formatting active cell, 76 aligning contents of, horizontally, 162 aligning contents of, vertically, 168 borders, adding to, 174 conditional formatting of, 182 copying one to another, 112 copying using drag and drop, 114 custom styles, creating, 178 deleting, 82 entering text into, 62 entering values into, 62 merging, 164, 166 selecting a range of, 69 selecting all in a worksheet, 79 styles, applying to, 172 unique values, detecting with conditional formatting, 185 wrapping text within, 164, 166 center across selection, 164 chart source data adding series, 230 assigning non contiguous, 226 changing, 224 changing using select data source dialog tools, 224 deleting series, 230 hidden and empty cells settings, 232 horizontal (category) axis labels, defining, 234 horizontal (category) axis labels, editing, 235 legend entries (series), 224 non-contiguous source data, charting by hiding rows and columns, 232 numerical axis labels, configuring, 234 series, deleting, 224 charts. See also chart source data; visualizations; sparklines 3-D elements, formatting in, 220 activating, 209 axis title element, 215, 220 axis, formatting, 243
axis, maximum and minimum values, setting, 243 borders, formatting in, 218 category data explained, 228 color set, applying to, 216 combination, creating, 248 copying, 210, 216 creating quick charts with visualizations, 186 creating quickly with two clicks, 208 data labels, adding to, 238 data labels, formatting, 239, 243, 250 data series explained, 220 data table, adding to, 215 deleting, 210, 216 deleting elements from, 222 elements, explained, 206 elements, formatting in, 218 elements, moving in, 222 elements, re-sizing in, 222 embedding in worksheet, 211 empty data points, dealing with, 236 fill color, changing of in elements, 240 fonts, changing sizes in, 223 format shape task pane, working with, 218 gradiated fill, adding, 252 gridlines explained, 220 gridlines, major & minor, adding, 242 gridlines, major & minor, enabling and disabling, 243 hidden and empty cells button, 237 horizontal (category) axis defined, 215, 220 layout, changing, 214, 215, 220 layouts, explained, 206 legend, displaying in different places, 223 line with markers chart type, creating, 246 moving average, adding, 250 naming, 210, 216 numerical axis labels, configuring, 234 pie charts, 244 pie charts, pulling a slice out of the pie, 245 pie charts, rotating, 245 plot area, 220 recommended charts feature, 212 re-sizing, 210, 216 rows/columns, switching, 228 secondary axis, adding, 247 selection pane, using to activate, 210 series data explained, 228 shadows, applying to elements, 220 shapes, inserting into, 241 sheet, moving to, 211 style, changing, 216 styles, explained, 206 templates, creating from, 254 text box, adding to, 240 tips, 215 title element, 215, 218, 220 title element, linking to worksheet cell, 218 title element, re-positioning to dead center, 222 transparency, 219 trend line, adding, 250 type, changing, 248 types, explained, 206 values and labels, importance of selecting, 208 vertical (value) axis defined, 215, 220 vertical axis, creating chart with two, 246 x axis defined, 215, 220 y axis defined, 215, 220 check box, 46 clipboard described, 112 close button, 30 cloud computing. See also OneDrive; Excel Online, See also OneDrive; Excel Online advantages of (sidebar), 321 collapse dialog button, 225 color sets, component of a theme, 170 columns deleting, 108 freezing, 142 hiding, 232 inserting, 108 making several the same size, 79 resizing automatically, 78 selecting, 72 selecting non contiguous, 72 unhiding, 232 width of, manually changing, 79 comma style, 158 comma[0] style, 158 comments changing the user name shown in, 122 displaying, one or more all of the time, 125 hiding, 125 inserting, 122 moving, 124 printing, 126 printing all at the end, 126 printing exactly as displayed on a worksheet, 126 re sizing, 123 showing all, 124
conditional formatting. See also visualizations explained, 182 formula driven, 188 highlighting a complete row of data with, 189 quick analysis button, applying with, 182 rules manager, managing multiple with, 184 unique values, detecting with, 185 confirm button, 62 copying one cell to another cell, 112 using drag and drop, 114 currency prefixes, 63 styles for, 159 cursor shapes, explained, 69 custom formatting codes, 155, 160 custom lists, 94 cut, 112 D dates and times custom format, 155 difference in days between two dates, calculating, 157 formatting, 154 internationally safe formats, benefits of, 154 serial number, explained, 156 time value, containment within dates, 156 decimal places, changing number of, 116 documents. See also files organization of, 40 pinning, 40 downloading the sample files, 34 drop-down list, 46 E editing cell contents, 62 Excel 97-2003 workbook format, 38 Excel Online, 322, See also OneDrive browsers, supported, 325 edit workbook simultaneously with other users using, 328 open workbook using, 324 overview of, 322 ribbon, hiding and showing in, 325 save local copy of read-only workbook, 327 save, automatic, explained, 324 excel version. See office version Excel workbook file format, 36, 38 exponential. See series F F1-F12 keys, 74 files. See also workbooks; documents formats supported, 36, 38 opening with earlier Excel versions, 38 organization of, 40 fill. See AutoFill find and replace options, 274 using, 274 fn key, 74 font sets, component of a theme, 170 fonts default, changing, 178 font sets, use in themes, 170 serif and sans serif explained, 170 format painter, 196 formatting. See also themes 3-D Elements, 220 aligning cell contents horizontally, 162 aligning cell contents vertically, 168 borders around cells, 174 cell styles, 172 chart borders, 218 chart elements, 218 color, 172 conditional, 182 custom cell styles, 178 custom codes, 160 dates, 154 format painter, copying with, 196 numbers using built-in styles, 158 rotating text, 198 shadows, 220 themes, changing, 172 themes, understanding, 170 transparency, 219 visualizations, comparing values with, 186 formula bar expanding and collapsing, 164, 166 explanation of, 68 graphic showing location of, 36 showing and hiding, 52 formulas absolute and relative references in, 128 Autocomplete, creating with, 86 AutoFill, adjusting with, 90 AVERAGE function, creating using AutoSum, 82 conditional format, driving with, 188 cross-worksheet, creating, 270
F2 key to display range addressed by, 83 formula bar, viewing in, 68 MAX function, creating using AutoSum, 82 mouse selection, creating with, 84 multiplication operator (*) using in, 85 SUM function, creating using AutoSum, 66 syntax box, understanding, 86 visual keyboard technique, creating with, 85 fractions, entering into cells, 63 freeze columns and rows, 142 full screen view, 32 functions AVERAGE, 82 MAX, 82 ROUND, 159 SUM, 66, 80 G gallery, 46 goto special, 77 growth. See series H hashes indication that columns are too narrow by, 154 help system execute command, using to, 54 searching, 54 hide rows and columns, 232 hide values, using three semicolon custom format, 161 hiding and unhiding worksheets, 268 I Intelliprint, 292 internet. See OneDrive; Excel Online ipad pro, 318 success story of (sidebar), 318 ipad, described, 319 J justify, horizontal alignment option, 163 K keyboard alt key, 32 F1-F12 keys, 74 fn key, 74 option key, 32 keyboard shortcuts AutoSelect a range, 77 AutoSum, 66 bold, 72 close, 30 copy, 112 create a mixed cell reference, 131 cut, 113 cycle through worksheets, 43 delete column, 108 delete row, 108 fill down, 111 fill right, 111 find, 274 full screen view, 32 insert a comment into a cell, 122 insert chart, 208 insert column, 108 insert row, 108 italic, 72 make a relative reference absolute, 129 mission control, 64 move to cell A1, 142 move to the end of a range, 144 paste, 112 quit, 30 redo, 120 replace, 274 ribbon, show/hide, 44 save, 36 save as, 36 select every cell in a worksheet, 78 spell check, 146 underline, 72 undo, 120 workbook, create new, 64 L landscape orientation, 283 language, 146 letter size paper, 289 lines, adding beneath cells, 174 M macro enabled workbook format, 38 magic mouse, 22 Magic Mouse, 98 marching ants, 66 marquee, 66
MAX function, creating using AutoSum, 82 menus shortcut (contextual), 22 standard, 46 merge and center button, 164, 166 merge, cells, 164, 166 microprocessor AMD and Intel, 318 ARM instruction set, 318 desktop, laptop and smartphone, differences between, 318 explained, 318 intel atom x5 and x7, 319 used in tablet and smartphone devices, 318 x64 instruction set, 318 microsoft autoupdate, 26 microsoft surface (tablet computer), 319 mighty mouse, 22 minimize button, 30 mixed cell references, 130 mouse configuring, 22 right clicking, 22 scroll wheel, 98 zooming with, 98 moving the Excel window, 30 multiplication operator (*), 85 N name box, 34 negative numbers, entering into cells, 63 normal view, 50 number sign (#), 78 numbers changing number of decimal points displayed, 116 using built-in styles with, 158 O office insider program, 26 office theme, changing, 28 office version. See also Excel Online availability of different versions, 321 checking Excel version, 26 office 2016 for mac, 320 office 2016 for windows, 320 office 2016 mobile, 320 office 2016 online, 321 OneDrive. See also, microsoft account; Excel Online advantages of using, 317 alternatives to, 317 link, sharing using share button, 326 lunchtime lock, problems caused by, 316 open a workbook from, 316 save a workbook to, 36, 314 save local copy of read-only workbook, 327 security concerns, 315 SharePoint, using in place of, 315 social networks, sharing links via, 326 subscriptions, 314 operating system android, 319 apple OS X, 319 explained, 319 ios, 319 Windows 10 mobile, 319 option key, 32 organizing excel files, 40 sample files folder, 34 P page layout view, 50, 284 paper sizes explained, 289 paste, 112 paste special, 117 paste values, 117 PDF, workbook format, 39 percentage style, 159 portrait orientation, 283 pound sign (#), 78 precision, changing to avoid rounding errors, 159 printing area, setting, 300 autoheaders and autofooters, adding, 294 cell comments, adding, 126 column headings, showing on every page, 302 comments, exactly as displayed on a worksheet, 126 comments, printing all at the end, 126 headers & footers, adding custom, 296 headers & footers, including an ampersand (&) in, 296 headers & footers, specifying different first, odd and even, 298 margin settings, changing the default, 285 margins, adjusting using rulers, 285
margins, custom, adjusting with page setup, 286 over then down, page order, changing with, 304 page breaks, adjusting using page break preview, 292 page breaks, inserting and deleting, 290 page number, setting the starting value, 294 page order, changing, 304 paper orientation, changing, 283 paper size, setting, 288 paper sizes explained, 289 part of a worksheet, 300 previewing on screen, 48, 50, 282 row headings, showing on every printed page, 302 rulers, showing and hiding, 285 scaling to fit paper, 288 several worksheets at the same time, 304 processor. See microprocessor Q quick access toolbar adding commands to, 48 adding separators to, 48 deleting commands from, 48 quick analysis conditional formatting, creating with, 182 quit excel, 30 quotations Aristotle, 46 Baltasar Gracián, 96 Benjamin Disraeli, 281 Confucius, 19 David Hume, 250 Euripides, 21 Frederick R. Barnard, 205 Henry Ford, 261 Margaret Thatcher, 107 Oscar Wilde, 153 Robert Collier, 30 Winston Churchill, 18 R ranges AutoSelect, selecting automatically with, 76 copying data across, 70 entering data into, 70 non contiguous, selecting, 74 select all button, to select a range containing every cell in a worksheet, 79 selecting, 68 selecting visually for formulas with the mouse, 84 transposing, 118 visualizations, comparing values with, 186 recommended charts, using, 212 redo, 120 relative references, 128 replace cell contents using find and replace, 274 reset to match style, 221 restore down button, 30 ribbon benefits of wide screen with, 44 command groups on, 46 contextual tabs, explanation of, 45 controls on, 46 font panel controls, explanation of, 45 overview, 44 showing and hiding (minimizing), 45, 52 rotate text, 198 rounding errors, avoiding, 159 rows conditional format, highlighting entire row with, 189 copying contents of one to another, 114 deleting, 108 freezing, 142 hiding, 232 inserting, 108 making several the same size, 79 manually setting height of, 79 resizing automatically, 78 selecting, 72 selecting non contiguous, 72 unhiding, 232 rulers, showing and hiding in page layout view, 285 rules manager controlling conditional formatting with, 184 editing rules with, 186 S sample files downloading, 34 organizing folder, 34 sans serif and serif fonts explained, 170 save, 36, 38 select all button, 264 selecting cells, 68
series dialog, 96 exponential, 96 growth, 96 linear, 96 start value, 96 step value, 96 stop value, 96 serif and sans serif fonts explained, 170 share button, 326 shortcut keys. See keyboard shortcuts smart tag explained, 68 options, 92 using to paste values, 117 SmartPhone explained, 318 sparklines, 190 column type, inserting, 191 date axis, specifying for, 194 deleting, 192 empty cells, setting options for, 237 formatting line thickness (weight), changing, 193 marker (data point) color, 193 markers (data points), 193 single sparkline rather than group, 195 group and ungroup, 195 hidden cells, show/hide on sparkline, 237 inserting group of into a range of cells, 190 line type, inserting, 191 size of containing cell, changing, 193 style, changing with style gallery, 193 type, changing, 193 ungroup and group, 195 uses of, 190 vertical axis, applying common scaling to sparkline group, 192 win/loss type, inserting, 191 spell checking dictionary language, setting, 146 using, 146 split button, 46 split, window into multiple panes, 144 start Excel, 24 styles accounting number format, 158 applying cell styles, 172 built-in, for numbers, 158 comma, 158 comma[0], 158 currency[0], 158 custom, 178 importance of using theme colors and fonts, 181 master style book, using, 180 merging, 180 percentage, 159 removing from cells, 172 SUM function creating manually using formula AutoComplete, 86 creating using AutoSum, 66 surface. See microsoft surface (tablet computer) switch windows, 64 T tablet computer explained, 318 tabs. See worksheets templates creating, 134 custom, about, 132 potential problems when using samples, 132 using, 24, 136 the smart method learning by participation, 19 two facing pages rule, 18 themes. See also office theme changing, 172 changing the default, 170 color sets, 170 custom, creating, 176 explained, 170 font sets, 170 importance of using theme colors and fonts, 170 times. See dates and times title bar, 64 touchscreen, gestures, 324 transparency, 219 transpose, 118 trend. See also series linear and exponential, 96 trend line. See charts U undo, 120 unhide rows and columns, 232 unique values, detecting with conditional formatting, 185
V values. See also Styles built-in styles, applying to, 158 currency prefixes, using with, 63 entering into cells, 62 fractions, entering into cells, 63 negative numbers, entering into cells, 63 precision, changing to avoid rounding errors, 159 rounding errors, avoiding, 159 version. See office version vertically align cell contents, 168 visualizations, 186 color scale, 186 comparing values with, 186 data bar, 186 icon set, 186 rules manager, editing with, 186 use of show bar only to create quick charts, 186 W web browser. See OneDrive; Excel Online wildcards searches using, 274 windows arrange all, using to automatically size, 64 closing, 30 maximizing, 32 minimizing, 30 moving, 30 resizing, 30 restoring, 30 splitting into multiple panes, 144 switching to view a different workbook, 64 views, creating two of the same workbook, 262 workbooks. See also files changing default number of worksheets in, 42 creating new, 64 duplicating worksheets in, 264 open from OneDrive, 316 opening, 34 save to OneDrive, 314 saving, 36, 38 switching between open workbooks, 64 viewing the same workbook in two windows, 262 viewing two at the same time, 64 views, 50 worksheets 3-D creating, 272 adding, 42 changing default number of, 42 chart worksheets, explanation of, 42 copying from one workbook to another, 266 deleting, 42 duplicating, 264 gridlines, switching off in, 174 groups, 272 hiding and unhiding, 268 maximum number of rows and columns in, 34 navigating, 34, 42 non-contiguous, selecting, 272 renaming, 42 tab colors, changing, 43 wrapping splitting wrapped text into different lines, 169 text in cells, 164, 166 Z zoom button, 30, 32 zoom control, 98